Poems by Walt Whitman - Softcover

Whitman, Walt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473329426 ISBN 13: 9781473329423

Publisher: White Press, 2019

Synopsis

“Poems by Walt Whitman” is a 1899 collection of poems written by Walt Whitman, selected and edited by William Michael Rosetti and first published in 1868. It contains the entire corpus of his published poems, including his most famous work “Leaves of Grass”. This fantastic volume will appeal to all poetry lovers and constitutes a must-have for fans of Whitman's seminal work. Content include: “Starting from Paumanok”, “American Feuillage”, “The Past-Present”, “Years of the Unperformed”, “Flux”, “To Working Men”, “Song of the Broad Axe”, “Antecedents”, “Salut Au Monde!”, “A Broadway Pageant”, “Old Ireland”, “Boston Town”, “France”, “Europe”, “To a Foiled Revolter or Revoltress”, etc. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892) was an American essayist, poet, and journalist who was pivotal to the transition from transcendentalism to realism. His work was notably divisive and claimed by many to be obscene when first published, but he is now considered to be one of the most influential people in the American poetic canon and the “father of free verse”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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Book Description

Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a more complex writer than his status as Queen Victoria's favorite poet might suggest. Though capable of rendering rapture and delight in the most exquisite verse, in another mode Tennyson is brother in spirit to Poe and to Baudelaire, the author of dark, passionate reveries. And though he treasured poetic tradition, his work nevertheless engaged directly with the great issues of his time, from industrialization and the crisis of faith to scientific progress and women's rights. A master of the short, intense lyric, he can also be sardonic, humorous, voluptuous, earthy, and satirical.

About the Author

Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809a1892) published his first two volumes of poems in 1842, establishing him as the leading poet of his generation. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Christopher Ricks is Warren Professor of Humanities and codirector of the Editorial Institute at Boston University. He is the editor of six poetry collections, including "The Oxford Book of English Verse,"

Edition details

• Publisher: White Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1473329426
• ISBN 13: 9781473329423
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 370
• Editor: Rossetti William Michael